Dear Partners,

It is our pleasure to invite you at DevReach 2008. This premier developer conference was first organized in 2006 and has been growing in both size and importance ever since. Building on the success of the last two events, DevReach 2008 is promising to be one of the best .NET developer events in Europe this year. Here are some highlights:

• 2 exciting conference days (Oct 13th and 14th, Sofia, Bulgaria)
• Over 20 international speakers
• More than 40 great sessions on Microsoft’s latest technologies

DevReach is delivering one of the highest quality line-ups of speakers you can find at any .NET conference anywhere in the world. To name a few:

• Richard Campbell - Microsoft Regional Director, MVP and co-host of .NET Rocks
• Tim Huckaby - Microsoft Regional Director for California
• Carl Franklin - MSDN Regional Director for Connecticut
• Stephen Forte - Microsoft Regional Director for New York
• Lino Tadros - Microsoft MVP and Falafel CEO
• Todd Anglin - Telerik Chief Technical Evangelist
• Miguel Castro - Microsoft MVP, Principal Consultant and Trainer
• Goksin Bakir - Microsoft Developer Evangelist for ME and Africa
• More

Register Today and Get 20% Off
Until Sept 15, you can take advantage of our early bird pricing - 80 EUR (and save 20 EUR on the regular conference pass). To proceed, register here. We accept credit and debit cards, as well as wire transfers.

If you have any questions, we would be happy to hear from you at info@devreach.com, or at +359.2. 80.99.850, ext.267 (Lidiya Petkova)!

We are looking forward to seeing you at DevReach 2008!

The DevReach Team and Microsoft Bulgaria

This release contains a preview version of the following features (that are also described in our Roadmap document: http://www.codeplex.com/aspnet/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=14924):

* Client-side template rendering
* Declarative instantiation of behaviors and controls
* DataView control
* Markup extensions
* Bindings

One good news for JSON lovers, this is from release notes:

In the next version of ASP.NET AJAX, we plan on enabling new client-side data scenarios for both page and component developers. You will be able to get JSON data from the server and present it as HTML on the client in a highly manageable and performant way.

You may see the CodePlex project at http://www.codeplex.com/aspnet/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=15511

First of all, I want to thank everybody from Microsoft Turkey and Turkish MVPs who supported us for the whole project time.

And even though I am not really successful with translating names, it is something like “The Most Valuable Experiences To The Way of Solution By Turkish MVPs”. Indeed, it is a long one.

Unfortunately, the book does not have an English version. So, the rest of the post is in Turkish for Turkish readers.

Türkçe olarak da desteği bulunan herkese teşekkür etmekle başlamak istiyorum. Çiğdem Akın, Mehmet Emre, Baransel Doğan, Kadir Çamoğlu, tüm editörler ve tüm yazarlara. Hep birlikte böyle bir projeden alnımızın akıyla çıkmak son derece mutluluk verici. Devamı dilekleriyle…

Kitabı çok cüzi bir fiyata satın almak için aşağıdaki iki web sitesinden faydalanabilirsiniz.

http://www.alfakitap.com/kitap.asp?id=146&kitapID=3433 http://www.ideefixe.com/Kitap/tanim.asp?sid=W5T7TZ3X0G3GLMTJJ1NH

Ayrıca kitabın içeriğini görmek için ideefixe’in sayfasını açtığınızda sol tarafta “Kitabı Aç” linkini tıklayabilirsiniz.

Location: Yildiz Technical University, Auditorium
Registration: http://tinyurl.com/inetasummerhit

The complete list of speakers and the schedule is below.

Speakers

• Ali Riza Babaoglan
• Ali Server Eyupoglu
• Coskun Sunali
• Daron Yondem
• Eralp Erat
• Kadir Camoglu
• Ugur Umutluoglu

Schedule

2 August

09:30 - 12:00 Silverlight 2.0
13:00 - 15:00 Future of Software Development
15:30 - 18:00 Team Foundation Server

3 August

09:30 - 11:00 Internet Explorer 8.0
11:00 - 12:00 Web 3.0
13:00 - 14:30 Web Client Software Factory
15:00 - 17:30 LINQ

Some pictures from the event can be seen at CodeCamp Bulgaria, July 2008 Gallery

Even though I still can’t figure out why it does not work, here is the workaround. Just create a DataSource control (e.g.: LinqDataSource) control just with “ID” and “runat” properties and then hook the “Selecting” event. Also set the ListView’s “DataSourceID” property to the ID of the DataSource control. What you will do there is to set the “Result” property of the SelectEventArgs argument.

<asp:LinqDataSource ID="LinqDataSource1" runat="server" OnSelecting="LinqDataSource1_Selecting">
</asp:LinqDataSource>  


protected void LinqDataSource1_Selecting(object sender, LinqDataSourceSelectEventArgs e)
{
e.Result = GetDataSource(); // Assuming that GetDataSource method returns the datasource.
}  

Now you can save your hours.

The Top Ten SharePoint Artifacts of interest to .NET Developers being promoted
• Web Parts
• Data Lists
• Event Handlers
• Workflows
• Silverlight Web Parts
• Page Navigation
• Page Branding
• Web Services
• Content Types
• User Management

At the site (which is hosted on microsoft.com) they have:
• An Introductory Whitepaper
• Benefits of SharePoint for Developers
• A Small Public VPC
• Hosted MSDN Virtual Labs in C# and VB.NET
• Video Interview with SharePoint MVPs
• Screencasts
• Web Casts with SharePoint MVPs (incredible 1705 live attendees in just the first four WebCasts)
• Quickstarts
• Labcasts
• Presentation Download
• Hands on Labs Download
• Additional Resource Links

The site encourages developers who use the content to also take a next step and go on Instructor Led Training, Get Certified, and Download an evaluation copy of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server.

http://MSSharePointDeveloper.com

http://www.kvnc.net/

On the other hand, I have been re-awarded the Microsoft MVP award for the 3rd time. I would like to thank the Microsoft MVP Team both at Microsoft and at Microsoft Turkey for the opportunities that they have been providing for last 2 years. It is great pleasure to work together with them.

Further more, I have been in Istanbul for a long time for some reasons. Finally, I am back in Propeople Sofia office since April 28.

The Microsoft Sharepoint Conference 2008 Istanbul is the third and final of three global SharePoint conferences, following Seattle and Dubai.

This world-class, two-day conference, to be held at the Swissotel, Istanbul from April 10-11, will showcase the lates innovations, features and functionality for the 2007 SharePoint prodcuts and technologies.

The Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2008 Istanbul will provide an unprecedented opportunity for customers and partners in the region to meet and network with Office System product teams, fellow IT professionals, and partners.

The sessions will be delivered by Product Managers coming from the Product Group, MVPs, Partners and specialists from the Istanbul Office.

Speakers

The sessions will be delivered by Product Managers coming from the Product Group, MVPs, Partners and specialists from the Istanbul Office.

Joel Oleson : SharePoint Senior Technical Product Manager
Jerome Thiebaud : SharePoint Designer Product Manager
Joseph Khalaf : SharePoint Global Support Engineer
Todd Klindt : Windows Sharepoint Services MVP, TechNet Magazine Writer
Patrick Beeharry : Office Servers Product Manager, Microsoft MEA

Who are the Target Audience for SharePoint Conference 2008- Istanbul?

The session content is targeted at IT Professionals and Architects. Seasoned SharePoint professionals as well as people that are new to SharePoint Products and Technologies will all learn something new! The content theme this year is “Real world guidance and experience”, we have top notch speakers lined up from Microsoft, our customers, our Partners and the MVP technical community all geared up to share their knowledge.

To register for the event:
http://www.sharepointconferenceistanbul.com/en/register/Pages/default.aspx